Improvement in landau carriages



itldih iai5 @anni @dat `Letters Patent No. 112,758, dated March 14,1871.

\ IMPROVEMENT lN LANDAU CARRIGE'S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it'm'ay concern v Be it known that I, EDWARD WELLS, of NewHaven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new Improvement in Landau Carriagesgand I do hereby declarethe fol lowing, when takenin connection with the accompanying drawingand the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear,'andexact description of the4 same, and which said drawingcon'stitntesfpart'of this specification and represents in Figure 1, aside view; -Figure 2, a longitudinal central section andin j Figure 3, atransverse section.

This invention relates to an improvementin Lan-A dau carriages andcarriages with similar folding tops, for which a patent was granted tome, anddated Decemher 6,. 1870, the object being to avoid the folding ofthe top as described in that patent,

To this end the invention consists in constructing the top in atelescopic form, so that one part shallslide into the other instead offolding the parts over, as in my patent before referred to.

A is one part of the top, which is hinged to the part B in the usualvmanner. v

O is the other part of the top of the part A, constructed with suitableguides D, which form a chamber into which the part O will slide, asdenoted in desirable molding or form, and when desired to throw the topback to open the carriage the top C, after loe- :ing detached from thefront, is run back into the part A, as denoted in iigs.2 and 3`; thenthe top is thrown back, folding in like manner as the ordinary Landaucarriage.

By this invention the lining of the top is not ex.

posed, and other advantages over my aforesaid patent are so apparent asnot 15o-require mention here'.

. I have representedl the forward part as lsliding into l the rear part,but it will be evident to those skilled in the art that the front partmay be arranged to close over the rear part, or the part C may runentirely over the part A without closing into it, my invention beingisimply for the closing of the two parts by sliding oneVA in'to cr-ontothe other.

I claim as my invention- K In Landau carriages, the construction of thetop in two or more parts, constructed and arranged to close into or ontothe other, substantially as described. Witnesses: EDWARD WELLS.

A. J. TIBBITS,

J. H. SHUMWAY.

